Tool rest or support



E. S. GROSS.

TOOL REST 0R SUPPORT.

APPLICATION mm Aue.so. 1919.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Emma s enoss or nrronvn; WISCONSIN. v

roonnn sr onsnrronr.

To all whom it may concern i Be itknownthat 1, Emma S. Gnoss,a citizen otthe' United States, andresident j of Racine, in the county or" Racinev and State of Viscohsimlmve inventednew and useful ImprovementsniTool Rests or Supports, of;

which the followingis axdescription, reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings, whichare' a part oithis specification The: present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tool rests or supports, and, while: I have illustrated the same, inl-the accompanying drawing, as

attached to a micrometer, it will be appre-= ciated that the same may be employed in V connection with various othertypes of tools.

In using. tools; having a fine" ad ustment,

great difficulty is experiencedin that,; in placing thetool onla workbench or inromoving thesametherefrom, the adjustment r1 isigenerally disturbed by the; contacing; of

l "the. adjustingthimble with the surface of p the work bench. Hence, withv this inherent objection in mind I devised my. tool rest or support whicha has for one of ts .objects to provide means co'nnectible to tool for supporting the same, when not in use, so

that its adjusting thimble will not'engage with the surface of the work bench when the tool is either placed thereon or removed therefrom. a 7

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tool rest or support in which the supporting members are movable to a position extending laterally from the sides of the tool or to aposition adjacent the sides of the tool.

A further object of this invention is to provide a tool rest or support including supporting members -movable to either of two positions and means for retaining the members under tension in either of said two positions. j V

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tool rest or support of the class and for the purposes described which may be secured to tools now in use or to tools at the 7 time of their manufacture.

With the'above and otherobjects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, byinvention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangementof parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined-by the appended 'claims,it being understood that such Specification of Letters Patent. Application rues mi usmo. 1919. Serial no.

Patented Feb. 1921 saassi.

changes in the precise embodimentofthe herein disclosed invention maybe made as come within the-scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawingl have illustrated one complete example of the physical. embodiment of my invention constructedaccording to the best model have sofardevised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and inwhich: V Figure l is a side plan-view of amicrometer having my inventioirattaclied thereto.

Flg, 2 is a sectional taken on the line 2-2' f Fig.11i

Fig; 3 is an end View of a micrometer having a slightly modified-form of my invention attached thereto,-parts otthemiview therethrouglr croineter being broken'away and in section-a,

Fig. leis aside'plan viewrof one end por tlon of a micrometer illustrating that form of myinvention depicted-in. Fig 3-, and j Fig. 51s a transversesectional.viewthere through taken on the line 5-5 of Figpfl.

- Referring now mor'eyparticularly to the accompanying drawings, thenfuinera lfi dos ignates a tool,. in the. present instance a being a micrometento which my invention is se;

cured by, means of aclip; or othensuitable,

ta inemember 7 In Figs l-wan 7 member as being connected with the central portion of the tool 6 by; means of a securing i 2; I ha e: s ow-1 the ets screw 8 which passes through the tool 6 i and is threaded into the opposite side of the clip. The clip 7 is substantially U shaped and has struck from its sides a pair of centrally disposed resilient tongues or v lips 9 and formed in the strips adjacent the tongues 9 are alined bulged or enlarged portions 10 forming bearings for receiving the inner ends of a pair of supporting members or arms 11. The arms 11 each have 'two flattened sides 12 adjacent the tongue members 9 and tensioningmeans for retaining the arms 11 ineither extended position or ioldedposition are thus provided. As the 7 clip 7 is preferably of spring steel,'brass or the like, when the arms 11 are in extended position, as depicted in Figs. 1 and 2, one of the flattened sides 12 of ea'charm will i j be engaged against the adjacent tongue 9 and whent'he arms '11 are moved'to ayposition folded against the sides of the tool' 6,*

thecorner formed by the, flattened sides'12 must cam over the tongues 9 and thus spring the sides of the clips 7 from the sides of;

the 'tool to bring the other flattenedside of each arm into contact with its adjacent tongue 9.

In that form of my invention depicted in 7 Figs. 3, 4L and 5, the spring clip 7 is engaged over the head 6' of the tool 6 and is held in place by the tension of its side members engaged in the channel 6" of the tool. The

sides of that form of my clip, depicted in Figs. 3, 4: and 5, are substantially the same as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the exception that the bulged or raised portions 13 are disposed longitudinally insteadoi transversely and that the flat-surfaces 14 cam directly against the adjacent sides of the tool 6. The portion of the supporting arms 11 employed in connection with that form of my clip now being described is substantially the same as thatin connection wit the other form of clip 7 Thearmsll both have a shoulder orprojection 15 formed on their extreme inner 7 ends and abut against the adj acent enlargement 10 or 13 to prevent the accidental dislodgment of the arms 11, and when it is deslred' to place the tool 61in a container or use the same unhindered by the supporting arms 11, the sam'e are folded a ainst the sides of the tool, as depicted in l igs. l, 4 and 5, in either case the supporting arms 11 beingheld in position by the tension of the clips 7 binding the flattened sides against the tongue 9 or, the tool 6. i What I claim as my invention is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a substantially U-shaped member connectible to a tool member, and asupporting member carried thereby and extendable laterally to support the tool member.

2. A tool rest of the class described comprising an attaching member connectible to a tool member, and a .pair of supporting members carried by the attaching member and movable to extend laterally from the v sides of the tool member to support the same in a substantially upright position.

'- 3. A tool rest of the class described com prising ani'attaching'clip connectible to a tool member and having struck out portions, a palr of supporting members having their inner-ends rotatably mounted in said struck out portions and. having their outer ends extending. laterally from the sides of the tool member .to support the same in a sub- 'a pair of supporting members having their.

inner ends rotatably-mounted in said struck out portions and having their outer ends extending laterally from the sides of the tool member to support the same in a substantially upright position andvmovable to a position adjacent the sides of the tool member, flattened portions formed on said and means cotiperating with said flattened V 7 0 supporting members near their inner ends,

portions to retain the supporting members in either of said two positions. I In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa ture.

ELMER s, eRoss. 

